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The Great Falls Tribune reports that Montana Labor Department employee Jordon Dyrdahl-Roberts resigned rather than help process ICE requests for confidential employment data. Shahid Haque explains that he had challenged similar disclosures since 2012 and questioned whether administrative subpoenas, rather than court orders, allowed the state to turn wage records over to federal immigration investigators.
The resignation brought public attention to a data-sharing practice Shahid had warned about for years. It shifted the Montana immigration debate from visible arrests to the quieter government records that could be used to identify workers and target businesses.